Vintage Photography

Photo Manipulations Before the Digital Age, Man on Rooftop with Eleven Men in Formation on His Shoulders, c1930

 Source: Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Human Shield Camp Custer

Human Shield Camp Custer in Battle Creek, Michigan provided some thirty thousand men for this Mole and Thomas photograph; which was meant to symbolize the strength and security of our national borders. The group which measured, 748 by 580 feet, was one of the largest formations the partners produced.  c. 1918